A review of the species of Acrometopa Fieber, 1853 (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea, Phaneropterinae) with special reference to the Greek fauna

The characters previously used for the distinction of the species of Acrometopa are reviewed and modified differential diagnoses are given. Neotypes for A. macropoda (Burmeister) and A. servillea (Brullé) and a lectotype for A. syriaca Brunner von Wattenwyl are designated. From the Aegean island of Ikaría A. cretensis daedali nov. subsp. is described, and a key to the species and subspecies is given. The geographical variation within A. macropoda is described and discussed. A critical review of previous records in literature, together with the addition of new distributional data from Greece, has brought more logic in the known distributional pattern of the species.